Pedicab Phone
Posted by Sam Churchill on July 28th, 2006Pedicab phone.
Archive for July, 2006
Core2 Duo Launched
Posted by Sam Churchill on July 28th, 2006“The Core 2 Duo processors are simply the best processors in the world,” said Paul Otellini, president and chief executive of Intel in a statement announcing the new chips. “Not since Intel introduced the Pentium processor has the industry seen the heart of the computer reinvented like this.”
Intel’s Core 2 Duo series includes system for [...]
DirecTV/Clearwire Close?
Posted by Sam Churchill on July 26th, 2006Analyst Caroline Gabriel has a nice think piece on a possible DirecTV/Clearwire deal:
Sources indicate that talks between DirecTV and Clearwire are now at an advanced stage - and may have been an incentive for Intel and Motorola to make their joint $900m injection earlier this month.
A DirecTV contract, likely to [...]
Verizon EVDO Scam
Posted by Sam Churchill on July 26th, 2006Broadband Reports points to an article in Consumer Affairs that shows Verizon’s “unlimited” wireless EV-DO broadband service is actually limited to 10 gigs a month and features an end-user agreement that restricts everything but simple browsing.
A Verizon spokesman dances around the paradox of offering a limited, unlimited service:
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Cell Beats WiMAX
Posted by Sam Churchill on July 26th, 2006Mobile WiMAX will compete with HSDPA and EV-DO Rev A/B in the mobile broadband market, but will suffer even more than those technologies due to the slow arrival of compelling notebooks and handsets, says a new report from Informa Telecoms & Media.
“Mobile WiMAX will play a relatively minor role in the mobile broadband market through [...]
License Plate Readers
Posted by Sam Churchill on July 26th, 2006“What if they come in through the back door or the bathroom window like that infamous Beatles song”? - A Scanner Darkly
Wired has the goods on automated licence plate readers:
In recent years, police around the country have started to use powerful infrared cameras to read plates and catch carjackers and ticket [...]
Flashmob Programming
Posted by Sam Churchill on July 25th, 2006A Five day Flashmob programming party is underway in Portland in conjunction with OSCON.
When - Monday, July 24th to Friday, July 28th - Drop by anytime: 7AM until Midnight or later
Where - Equator Cafe, 510 SE Morrison, Portland OR (15 blocks south of OSCON 2006) (Google Maps directions from Convention Center)
What - Be a [...]
WiFi Ad Nets
Posted by Sam Churchill on July 25th, 2006JiWire has launched a Hotspot Advertising Network that would run ads on login screens and while your surfing. JiWire appears to be taking a page from MetroFi which is building out city-wide networks based on an advertising model.
Here’s an example of JiWire’s Ad Banner and how DailyWireless looks with MetroFi’s Ad Banner.
JiWire’s ad platform [...]
Intel’s Merom Now?
Posted by Sam Churchill on July 25th, 2006EE Times reports that Intel is expected to announce the arrival of its four Core 2 Duo mobile processors on Thursday. Along with the processors, Intel will unveil chipsets which will enable OEMs to rapidly take the chips to market. The world’s largest chip maker may simplify its Core 2 Duo processor launch by introducing [...]
Ofcom Supercharging WiFi?
Posted by Sam Churchill on July 25th, 2006 It is called scotoma. The mind sees what it wants to see. - DaVinci Code
TechWorld says telecom regulator Ofcom wants to make high-power WiFi equipment legal, proposing to raise the power limit in the UK from 2W to 4W (in the 5.8GHz band) and raising the power limits by a factor [...]
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